Pin box
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
overall: 5 x 3 x 1 3/8 in.
Description:
White cardboard box with a printed portrait of Jenny Lind glued to the top, portrait not original to the box.
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number:
1945.205ab
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
31516
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Needle case with sewing tools
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Leather, silk, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 7/8 x 3 1/2 x 1/2 in. ( 4.8 x 8.9 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Brown leather needlecase, in the shape of a half circle, with a metal hinge at the center of the straight edge, a small latch on the round side closes the case. Line in silk and veet, contain three curved needles and five weights.
Credit Line:
Gift of Walter S. Poor
Object Number:
Z.1549.15a-i
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
31482
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bobbins
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Ivory
Dimensions:
overall (largest): 2 1/2 x 1/2 x 1/2 in. ( 6.4 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Two turned ivory finials; (.4) is urn-shaped with glue residue at bottom.
Object Number:
Z.1555.4-5
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
31480
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pincushion
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Silk, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 2 1/4 x 3/4 in. ( 15.6 x 5.7 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Pincushion in the shape of a guitar, with a red silk ribbon bow at the top, the body of the guitar is silk tulle over white silk that has been painted with gold, green, brown and red circles, the back and neck are of brown silk, the strings and frets are brown silk floss, the outer edge of the body is decorated with a row of pins; pins are meant to slide into the sides of the body.
Credit Line:
Gift of Walter S. Poor
Object Number:
Z.1549.14
Gallery Label:
In the United States, guitar playing joined needlework as a mark of feminine accomplishment during the early nineteenth century. Guitar-shaped pincushions symbolically linked the two, and instructions on how to make them appeared in girls' and women's books beginning the 1830s.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
31478
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pincushion
Classification:
Date:
1830-1900
Medium:
Silk, mother of pearl, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 7/8 x 2 3/8 x 1/4 in. ( 17.5 x 6 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Pincushion in the shape of a guitar, with a bow at the top, the body of the guitar is yellow moiré, the back and neck are of black silk, the strings and frets are red silk floss, the outer edge of the body is decorated with mother of pearl beads and a row of pins; pins are meant to slide into the sides of the body.
Credit Line:
Gift of Walter S. Poor
Object Number:
Z.1549.13
Gallery Label:
In the United States, guitar playing joined needlework as a mark of feminine accomplishment during the early nineteenth century. Guitar-shaped pincushions symbolically linked the two, and instructions on how to make them appeared in girls' and women's books beginning the 1830s.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
31477
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sewing case
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Ivory, wood, graphite
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/4 x 1/2 in. ( 15.9 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Cylindrical ivory sewing case in three pieces which screw together, with a six-inch ruler marked in red along one side. Top screw off at 3/4" mark holds a pencil. The other two peices also unscrew but the interior of the whole is hollow.
Credit Line:
Gift of Walter S. Poor
Object Number:
Z.1549.11ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
31476
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Spool
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/8 x 7/8 in. ( 3.5 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Wooden sewing machine spool with hollow center to place onto spindle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Walter S. Poor
Object Number:
Z.1549.10
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
31475
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Skein of flax thread
Classification:
Date:
1700-1800
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
overall (in skein): 5/8 x 7 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 1.6 x 18.4 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Skein of linen thread.
Object Number:
Z.1504
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
31453
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flax
Classification:
Date:
1700-1800
Medium:
Flax
Dimensions:
overall (bundled): 1 1/8 x 7 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. ( 2.9 x 18.7 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Bundle of flax.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Alma Van Hoevenberg
Object Number:
1752
Gallery Label:
This flax is from the Conklin house at Amagansett, Long Island.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
31451
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Needle case
Classification:
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 3/4 in. ( 15.6 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Ivory needle case with spiral carving through the center of the case, the top screws to the case and is shaped like a crown with a flat vertical handle on top; there are two bands of painted decoration of double red stripes bordering a leaf garland.
Object Number:
INV.9790ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
31440
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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